abashed
adjective /əˈbæʃt/
/əˈbæʃt/
[not before noun]- embarrassed and ashamed because of something that you have done
- He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked suitably abashed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- a little
- slightly
- etc.
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French abaiss-; compare with Old French esbaiss-, lengthened stem of esbair, from es- ‘utterly’ + bair ‘astound’ + -ed.